pci_bridge_d3_possible(9)

✨ NAME ✨

pci_bridge_d3_possible — so like… can we actually yeet this bridge into D3 or not? that's the whole vibe check 💅

(this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, bestie — kernel-internal lore 🧚)

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool pci_bridge_d3_possible (struct pci_dev *bridge );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• bridge — the bridge you're side-eyeing. that's it, that's the argument 🎀

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the deal: right now we only allow D3 for some PCIe ports and for Thunderbolt. that's the entire guest list, no plus-ones 🙈

the return value is guaranteed to be constant across the entire lifetime of the bridge — including its hot-removal. like, the answer will not switch up on you mid-relationship, not even when the bridge gets yanked out of the machine. iconic commitment honestly 👑

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

returns a bool telling you whether it's possible to move the bridge to D3. yes/no, that's the tea ⭐

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./drivers/pci/pci.c — and here's the whole extended friend group, no cap:

• pci_bus_max_busnr(9), pci_status_get_and_clear_errors(9), pci_dev_str_match_path(9), pci_dev_str_match(9), pci_find_capability(9), pci_bus_find_capability(9), pci_find_next_ext_capability(9), pci_find_ext_capability(9), pci_get_dsn(9), pci_find_next_ht_capability(9), pci_find_ht_capability(9), pci_find_vsec_capability(9), pci_find_dvsec_capability(9), pci_find_parent_resource(9), pci_find_resource(9), pci_resource_name(9), pci_wait_for_pending(9), pci_request_acs(9), pci_std_enable_acs(9), pci_enable_acs(9), pci_restore_bars(9), pci_update_current_state(9), pci_refresh_power_state(9), pci_platform_power_transition(9), pci_resume_bus(9), pci_power_up(9), pci_set_full_power_state(9), __pci_dev_set_current_state(9), pci_bus_set_current_state(9), pci_set_low_power_state(9), pci_set_power_state(9), pci_save_state(9), pci_restore_state(9), pci_store_saved_state(9), pci_load_saved_state(9), pci_load_and_free_saved_state(9), pci_reenable_device(9), pci_enable_device_mem(9), pci_enable_device(9), pcibios_release_device(9), pcibios_disable_device(9), pci_disable_enabled_device(9), pci_disable_device(9), pcibios_set_pcie_reset_state(9), pci_set_pcie_reset_state(9)
• pcie_clear_root_pme_status(9), pci_check_pme_status(9), pci_pme_wakeup(9), pci_pme_wakeup_bus(9), pci_pme_capable(9), pci_pme_restore(9), pci_pme_active(9), __pci_enable_wake(9), pci_enable_wake(9), pci_wake_from_d3(9), pci_target_state(9), pci_prepare_to_sleep(9), pci_back_from_sleep(9), pci_finish_runtime_suspend(9), pci_dev_run_wake(9), pci_dev_need_resume(9), pci_dev_adjust_pme(9), pci_dev_complete_resume(9), pci_choose_state(9), pci_suspend_retains_context(9), pci_d3cold_enable(9), pci_d3cold_disable(9), pci_pm_init(9), _pci_add_cap_save_buffer(9), pci_allocate_cap_save_buffers(9), pci_configure_ari(9), pci_acs_enabled(9), pci_acs_path_enabled(9), pci_acs_init(9), pci_enable_atomic_ops_to_root(9)
• pci_release_region(9), __pci_request_region(9), pci_request_region(9), pci_release_selected_regions(9), pci_request_selected_regions(9), pci_request_selected_regions_exclusive(9), pci_release_regions(9), pci_request_regions(9), pci_request_regions_exclusive(9), pci_remap_iospace(9), pci_unmap_iospace(9), pcibios_setup(9), pcibios_set_master(9), pci_set_master(9), pci_clear_master(9), pci_set_cacheline_size(9), pci_set_mwi(9), pci_try_set_mwi(9), pci_clear_mwi(9), pci_disable_parity(9), pci_intx(9), pci_wait_for_pending_transaction(9)
• pcie_flr(9), pcie_reset_flr(9), pci_pm_reset(9), pcie_wait_for_link_status(9), pcie_retrain_link(9), pcie_wait_for_link_delay(9), pcie_wait_for_link(9), pci_bridge_wait_for_secondary_bus(9), pci_bridge_secondary_bus_reset(9), __pci_reset_function_locked(9), pci_init_reset_methods(9), pci_reset_function(9), pci_reset_function_locked(9), pci_try_reset_function(9), pci_probe_reset_slot(9), pci_try_reset_slot(9), pci_try_reset_bus(9), pci_reset_bridge(9), pci_bus_error_reset(9), pci_probe_reset_bus(9), pci_reset_bus(9)
• pcix_get_max_mmrbc(9), pcix_get_mmrbc(9), pcix_set_mmrbc(9), pcie_get_readrq(9), pcie_set_readrq(9), pcie_get_mps(9), pcie_set_mps(9), pcie_bandwidth_available(9), pcie_get_supported_speeds(9), pcie_get_speed_cap(9), pcie_get_width_cap(9), pcie_bandwidth_capable(9), __pcie_print_link_status(9), pcie_print_link_status(9), pci_select_bars(9), pci_set_vga_state(9), pci_add_dma_alias(9), pci_real_dma_dev(9), pci_specified_resource_alignment(9), pci_bus_find_emul_domain_nr(9), pci_ext_cfg_avail(9)

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okay that's the whole page, hope it slayed for you 🫶 this one came out of ./drivers/pci in the October 2026 release of the Kernel API Manual 💖✨ go forth and check your bridges, bestie 💅